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kind may be conveniently done on multiple- Patented Apr. 21, 1931 onrrsnsrATEs PATENT QBFFEQE JESSE A. B. SMITH, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER- COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORATION OF DELAWARE TYPEWRITZT'G MACHINE Application filed November4, 19%. Serial No. 747,726.

This invention relates to typewriter manifolding, and particularly tothe typing si multaneously of a record-bill or the like, and duplicatecopies thereof, and also miscel- Typing of this ply paper-webs, theplies being sometimes separate, but more generally connected in the formof a fan-fold web and having suitable forms printed thereon, the formsbeing torn oif from the main portion of the web after typing, as setforth in the WVernery & Smith Patent, No. 1,132,055, dated March 16,1915. In some cases, it is desired, in making out such forms andsimultaneous copies, to have the heading and all the entries or typeditems appear on the original record-bill and duplicat-e copies thereof,while only the heading and certain single items of said entries appearon said miscellaneous other bills or forms. Such an arrangement isespecially convenient for a mercantile establishment, such as amail-order house, when making out an order or bill for a miscellaneouslot of goods, which is of such a variety as to necessitate the orderbeing split up, so that the different items thereof may be convenientlysent to different departments for execution. As each item of abill ofgoods generally occupies only a single line of typing, it has been founddifficult to type the split orders or bills at the same time that theoriginal record-bill and duplicate copies are typed upon the fanfold'forms. This is because there must be typed upon said record-bill orstatement-ply of web and its duplicate copies forming a bookkeeping unita complete schedule of the items, whereas usually there must be typedupon each of the split-order bills, sectional or individual order-forms,only a single item. It is therefore one of the features of the presentinvention to overcome this dilficulty and enable each individual item tobe typed singly upon its own separate sectional or individual order-formsimultaneously with the typing of a group of the same items upon theoriginal recordbill or statement-form and the duplicates or bookkeepingforms thereof.

Instead of the single carbon-carrier usual ly employed in connectionwith continuous billing machines of this type, two carboncarriers areemployed, one behind the other, the carriers being separately movable toenable one set of temporary or heading carbonsheets to be withdrawn byone of the carboncarriers after the bills h ave been partly typed, whilethe other carbon-carrier, with its permanent carbon-sheets, is leftundisturbed.

According to one form of the present invention, a front carbon-carriercontrols permanent carbon-sheets interleaved between the plies of theduplicate copies, and also a permanent carbon which lies between theoutermost or statement-ply and the top ply of a number of split-orderforms or individual orderforms interposed between said duplicate copiesand the outermost statementply. A rear carbon-carrier controls temporaryor heading carbons which are inter-- leaved between the plies of thesplit-order individual order-forms. In typing upon such plies, both ofthe carbon-carriers have their respective carbons carried forward withthe webs to the printing: line, and, upon actuating: the type, a headingmay be written on all of the sheets. The heading carbons interleavedbetween the split-order plies are then withdrawn. and the platen may beline-spaced to bring the forms to position for printing the first itemsimultaneously upon the original or statement form or bill and duplicateor bookkeeping copies thereof, and also upon only the first splitorderor individual order-form, The platen is then turned so as to bring allof the webs upwardly, and the front statement-sheet and its underlyingpermanent carbon are thrown forwardly so as to permit the firstsplit-order or individual order-form to be removed from its ply bytearing the same off alone; a line of perforations provided'for thepurpose. The sheets may then be returned to the printing line for asecond item to be typed, and the same process as described. inconnection with the first split or sectional order is carried out on asmany forms as there are separate items to be typed. After all of thesplit-order forms or sectional order-forms have been removed from theirplies, the remaining plies, that is,

the original order or statement and duplicate or bookkeeping copiesthereof, are torn off from the main body of the web, against acutting-off knife, and a new portion of the web is brought forward toprinting position.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of means forsevering'the. edgesof the split-order or individual order portions ofthe web as the latter is brought forward so that said "portions may bereadily detached from the-body. of the webv along: transverseperforations or weakened margins.

According to one form of the invention, the front carbon-carriercontrols only the carbons interleaved with the duplicate or bookkeepingcopies wh-ile. the rear carboncarrier controls :carbons interleavedbetween thefront or original statement or bill ply and each of thesplit-order or sectionalorder plies. .Inthis form of the devicethe'headings are printed on all of the sheets in the same manner alreadydescribed. The: rear carbon-carrier is then moved rearwardly to withdrawits heading carbons. A. separate carbon-sheet is then placed betweenthe-front former originalbill and thefirst split-order form and a typingoperation-performed to print the first item of the bill upon the original.bill,;the firstsplitorder'form and. each of the-duplicate or:bookkeeping copies.

yThe, platen-cylinder is then turned so as to feed all of .the formsupwardly, and the separate carbon-sheet is then placed between the firstand the second split-order. forms so ..that the second item of the-billbe typec upon said second split-order form, the original bill and theduplicateior' boolzkeping copies. This operation may be continued for asmany split-order forms and copies of the originalbill as the machine iscapable handling.

Anotherfeature of the present invention is thegprovision of-a novel formof fanfold web in which certain portions may be readily detached fromthemain body thereoflafter 'ty inc. 7

Otherfeatures and advantages willhereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a transverse section of the up- [per-portion of a continuousbilling type- 'writing'machine,showing one form of the.presentinvention.

f Figuref 2 is a similarview, showin i positionof certain parts duringope" of'the machine.

*Figure 3 is' a 'cross section of he platen and*worlr-table of themachine, showing the position assumed by certain ofthe sheets while oneof the plies of a work-web is being severed.

Figurez i zista 'view of another form of tee I present invention. 7

. Figure 5 us==a cross-section of -.the platen .and. worletable shown inRi el-e54 and allustrates one of the steps in the mode of operation ofthe machine.

Figure 5 is a View of a detached carbonsheet.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a fan-fold web, such as is usedin the pres ent invention.

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the machine, some parts being broken awayand :other parts dotted.

Figure 8 is a developed view of a fan-fold web such as may be used withthepresent invention.

Figure 9 is a view of a severed form, repre senting an original orstatement-order blank.

Figures- 10, Hand 12 represent split-order or-individual order formswhich have been severed from the main body of the web.

igure l8 isa view of fan-fold back forma. bookkeeping portion of theweb-unit. ll ithparticular attention directed to'Figure 1, the referencenumeral 10 indicates a revoluble platen fixed to -a;platen-shaft 11which is journaled in a swing-frame 12, mounted toswing about a,'-piv0t13 in a carriage 14;. An arm 15 ofthe frame 12 rests upon acrossrod' 16of the carriage when the platen is in normal position, and a hookedfinger-.piece-l'i' engages around a pin 18, fixed to the platen-frame12, to \hold the platen normally againstfeed-rolls 19 and 20. Type 21are driven against a ribbon'Qlt to type upon work-sheets run around theplaten 10.

A workpresenting frame, indicated gen orally at 22, extends rearwardly'from the typewriter portion of the maehine, just described and includessu1tablera1ls23 upon whichv a, front carbon carrler 26 and a rearcarbon-carrier 27 are slidably mounted. in the usualway. Handles 26v and27 are attached to their -respective carriers 26 and .27 to enable saidcarriers to be conveniently manipulated from the front of themachine.

A work-sheet unit, indicatedv generally-by the letter W, and uponwhichwsuitab'le formsare printed, and comprising a pluralityofsuperposed plies, either in the-form of a fan-foldweb or not, isrledupfrom beneath the frame 22 over a work-support 28, Y

the sidesof the plies being guided by means of: apair of .gagesi29. Thework-'sheetalnit or web "W is drawn forwardly overthe frame. :22, theplies thereof-being interleaved with carbon-sheetscarried upon the-frontcarbon-carrier 26 and the rear carbon-carrier 27, the platen framel2.being firstthrown over so as topermitthe lleadingiportion of the web tobe drawn straightforward-bea heading upon the forms, after which theplaten-frame is again released and thrown over to permit the rearcarbon-carrier 27 to withdraw its carbons. The front carboncarrier 26includes a series of carbon-sheetholding fingers 31, 32, 33 and 34:,mounted upon successively higher steps as customary. The three uppermostfingers, that is, 31, 32 and 33, have permanent carbons 31, 32 and 3respectively interleaved with the webplies of a fan-fold pack E forminga bookkeeping unit, the latter occupying a position nearest the platen10.

The outermost or original statement-ply of the web XV is designated bythe reference letter A, and a plurality of split-order or sectional orindividual order plies or forms are designated by the letters B, C andD. Said split-order plies occupy a position between the outer ply A andthe fanfold pack E. The finger 34 of the forward carrier 26 has apermanent carbon 34 interleaved'between theouter or original ply A andthe split-order ply B, and the rear carbon-carrier 27 carriescarbon-holding fingers 35 and 36, for heading or temporary carbons 35and 36 which are interleaved respectively between the split-order pliesB and C, and C and D.

It will be noted that the split or individual order plies B, C and D andtheir interleaved heading'carbons 35' and 36' have passage between thecarbon-holding fingers 33 and 34 of the forward carbon-carrier 26, andthat the front or original statement-sheet A passes beneath the finger34. By virtue of this arrangement the heading or temporary carbonsassociated with the rear carboncarrier 27 may be readily withdrawn fromtheir associated forms by moving the rear carrier 27 rearwardly, afterthe headings have been printed upon all of the forms, and the originalply or statement form will always remain the outermost one of the pack,so that it will invariably receive ribbonimpressions of typed matter.

Referring to Figure 8, which represents a developed view of fan-foldstationery such as may be used in the present invention, it will benoted that the folding edges of the several plies comprising theweb-unit are-perforated at 37, so that they may be readily severed fromone another. V t will also be noted'that the split or individual orderforms or plies indicated by the letters B, C and D are perforated at 38along their upper and lower margins, so as to permit each of the formsto be readily severed from its ply after typing. As the web is drawnforwardly of the machine and around the platen, the side edges of thesheets A, B, C and D are severed along their side edges, by splitters 39carried by the fingers 33, 34s, and 36, while the side edges of thefan-fold pack or bookkeeping unit.E remain run severed. After havingprinted the headings on all of the plies, and withdrawing theheadmg-carbon-sheets associated with the plies B, C and D, by moving therear H which lies immediately beneath carbon 34 of p the original orderform A, will receive a typed impression, and also all of the plies ofthe fan-fold pack E. The platen is next turned, so as to roll the pliesupwardly until the perforations 33 of the ply B appear above thecuttingofi' knife 30. This portion of the ply is then torn off alongsaid perforations 38, thus removing the same in the form of anindividual typewritten sheet, the original or outer ply A and its carbon34; having been first folded over toward the front of the machine topermit easy access to the ply B (see Figure 3). The platen is now turnedin the opposite direction. so as to bring the sheets down to the secondline of printing. The original sheet A andits carbon now overlie thesplit-order ply or form C, and, upon operation of the type 21. thesecond item of the original ply or form A is typed thereon, and alsoupon each ply or form of the fan-fold pack E. The same cycle ofoperations is now carried out to remove the sheet G from the pack, andthe platen advanced to print the third itemt Thus it will be seen thatthe form A and the individual plies of the fan-fold pack E receive acomposite schedule of the typed items appearing on each of thesplit-order forms, and that each of the latter has typed thereon only asingle item, representing an order, which may be conveniently sent toits particular department for execution.

In Figure 4, there is shown a somewhat different arrangement for thefingers of the carbon-carriers, but the other parts of themachine arethe same as already described. The web W is brought forwardly asdescribed and is associated with a front carbon-carrier 39 and a rearcarbon-carrier l0. Thefront carbon-carrier 39' has fingers ll, 42 and 43mounted thereon, said fingers respectively holding permanent carbons 41,42 and 43, which are interleaved with the plies of a fanfold pack E. Therear carbon-carrier 40 has fingers H, 45 and 46, for holding heading ortemporary carbons 44;, 45 and 46, which are interleaved between anoriginal or outer ply A and a plurality of split-order plies or forms B,C and D. It will also be noted that all of the carbons carried upon therear carrier 40 and the plies A, B, C

6- from th'eweh and typing theneXt item upon and D pass beneath -thecarbon-carrying finger 43 of the front carrier 39, so that when runaround the platen, said-plies'constitute the outermost plies 'ofthe web.

After having fed 'allof the forms or plies andthe-ir interleaved carbonsaround the platen and typed the" lieadin'gsthereon, the platen-frame isreleased, so as'to permit the heading carbons associated with the formsA, "B, C and D to be withdrawn. The platen is then lowered and-operatedto carry the forms upwardly, and a-single carhon-sheet 4:7 is insertedbetween'the front form"A and the split order-form-l3 (see Figuret),after which the platen is reversely' turned, so as to bring'all of theplies to the printing line to receive-the first'typed item. It will beseen that such item will appear on the original or statement'form A,also on the form B, and on each ofthe'forms of the fan-fold pack orbookkeeping unit E, but no typing will appear-on the sectionalorderforms' C and owingto the fact that-no carbons are interleavedtherebetween; The next operation -is-to turn the platen to bring theforms upwardly, and thus enable'the carbon-sheet??? to be removed fromits original position andinserted between the split-order for'ms B c andC. Upon returning the platen to the printing point for receiving thesecond'item, said second item will be typed upon the outer or-originalform, all ofthe forms of the packE, and also upon the form C, but willnot be typed upon the form. 13

=; or-D as will be readily understood. This mode of operation is carriedout until all of the split-order forms havebeen typed, and it willbeseen that, upon completion of'such typing, the outer or original formcontains a composite schedule of all of the items, whereas each of theindividual or split-order forms B, C and D contain only one item each.Both of i the carbon-carriers are next moved rearwardly so as towithdrawtheir carbons from the typed forms, and the'latter-mayth'enbesevered from the body of the web by tearing olfagainst the usual knife,adjacentthe front of the-platens Variations may be resorted to withinthe scope oftheinvention, and portions of'the improvements be usedwithout others.

Having thus described my invention, I-

claim:

5 1. The method of manifolding a succession of items of an order uponeach 'of'several bill-forms while'typing the same items seven ally upona sub-set of sectional ordenforms with only one item upon each,including the steps oftyping an itemupon' an outer sec- :5; tionalorder-ply and simultaneously manifolding it upon the innermost bill-formplies of a multiple ply web, leaving .theintervening sectionalorderpliesuntyped, then severing v the outermost typed sectionalorder-ply the second untyped sectional order-ply and manifolding it uponsaid'innermostplies, then tearing 01f said'second sectional orderplyandtyping the third item upon the third unty'ped sectional order-ply andinanifolding it-upon said innermost jplies, and effecting a line-spacingmovement of the web after typin'g each of-the items, thus simultaneouslytyping the items in a:line-spaced group upon each ofthein-nermostbill-form plies.-

2. The method of manifolding a succession of itemsof'anorder upon eachof several bill-forms while manifol-ding the same items severally upona-sub-set' of sectional orderforms with only 'one item upon each,including thesteps of'typin'gan item upon an outer bill-blank ply andsimultaneously manifolding it upo'n a sectional order-ply adjacentthereto and upon the innermost bookkeeping bill form plies, allof'wh-ich plies areconnected in the form'ofa multiple-ply web,leavingthe intervening sectional order-plies untyped, th-e'nseveringfrom the web the car bontyp'ed* sectional order-ply adjacent the outerbill-bla-nk-ply, to expose the next untyped sectional order-ply, andtyping the next item upon the outer-bill-blankply, manifolding it uponthe next untyped-sectional order-ply and the: innermost bookkeepingbi-ll for'm plies, then tearingiolf said sectional order-ply having asingle item, to expose the next untyped sectional order-ply, and thentyping upon 'theouter billblank--ply, manifold-ing-iit upon-the nextuntyped sectional order-ply and the innermost bookkeeping bill-formplies and tearing o-lf said sectional order-ply having asingle item,and'elfecting a line-spacing-movement of the web after typing'eachof-the item-s, thus simultaneously typing the items in aline-spacedgroup upon the outer bill-blankply and upon each of the innermostbookkeeping bill-form plies.

3. The method of manifolding or con comitan-tly typing an originalbill-sheet, a plurality of copies-thereof, and a plurality ofsplit-order slips, which consistsof first manifolding a heading'onallthe' bill-sheets and split-order slips by'means of interveningIcarbons, withdrawing the carbons which interleave the split-order slipsbut leavinguncisturbed the remaining carbons includingthe carbon whichunderlies the original billsheet, typing the firstsplit ofthe order uponthe original sheet and the copies thereof and upon the first slip, butnot upon'any plies whose carbons have been withdrawn, feeding the copiesforward, detaching the first slip from the web and removing it from themachine,-feeding the copiesbackward to the next typing line, manifoldingsuccessive items in like manner upon subsequent slips individually andsuccessively removing'them: from the machine by forward and backwardfeeding of the copies, and finally-:wi thdrawing the carbon underlyingthe originalsheet and the carbons interleaving the copies thereof andfeeding the copies forward, preparatory to detaching said original sheetand the remaining copies from the machine. 4. The method of typing oneor more copies of a series of items with interleaved carbons on a packof superposed Work-sheets, and simultaneously individually manifoldingWith a single carbon successive items, separately from one another, onsuccessive individual sheets in the pack, While typin the series ofitems complete on others oi the superposed sheets, including the step ofbringing all of the sheets to an accessible position after one item hasbeen typed, and detaching the first single-ite1n sheet so that nosubsequent matter typed Will appear on said sheet, presenting the nextuntyped sheet under the single carbon for manifolding the next item,returning the sheets to typing position to receive the next item, typingthe next item, and repeating said steps until the complete series ofitems has been typed and the single-item individual sheets accordinglyremoved, leaving the remainder of the pack in the machine for finalmanipulation.

JESSE A. B. SMITH.

